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tfw you have to cancel Mullvad so your money doesn't go to far-right winged swedish mfs

for anyone looking for an alternative to mullvad after one of their owners has begun heavily funding the right: you can check the community made vpn comparison sheet on r/vpn for ones that are audited, both private and secure, as well as on the more affordable side (this spreadsheet also has coupon codes. really good ones).

do not use a free vpn or a browser based vpn, they're dubious in the former case and can't do as much in the latter. try and pick a well scored one from the sheet.

personally, i recommend nord's vpn first and foremost, and surfshark vpn as well (i've had critiques in the past about their service but i've heard/seen they improved), and recommend avoiding proton for similar reasons to mullvad (still in the process of unhooking myself from that truck as well because they keep nudging themselves in towards the right).

azzandra

Booktok controversy that's broken containment: a writer told one of her friends the concept for a book, and he took that concept and AI-generated a book based on it and then gifted to her like 'there you go, sweetie, you're welcome ;)'

BRO WHAT.

azzandra

OMG, I'm watching a video about this, and it's even weirder. That wasn't even a friend, it was a rando who saw her tiktok talking about the concept and randomly emails her this AI-generated book. That's even weirder.

cat-she

And then when she says she doesn't like it, and several NYT BESTSELLING AUTHORS who all happen to be women all explain to him why he's in the wrong, he talks down to them and doubles and triples and quadruples down. But then the moment the woman's husband gets involved, he immediately apologizes to "him and his wife." Just breathtaking levels of misogyny.

azzandra

He wanted credit SO HARD for doing basically NOTHING. Worse than nothing! He wanted headpats so hard that when she ignored his email he hounded her to respond publicly.

He's like a microcosm of everything that's wrong with people who use AI to generate stories.

cat-she

He was talking about releasing the shit he generated with the idea he STOLE FROM HER for free if she continued not responding to him, and then acted like she was being insane when she clarified that she didn't respond on purpose 😭😭😭 What goes through these people's heads!!!!!!!!!

azzandra

Something profoundly wrong with this dude and yet he's incapable of noticing.

jayalaw

I don’t get it, why someone would do this.

quasi-normalcy

ryan-sometimes

Tumblr I need everyone to log in rn because the most important, quotable, instantly iconic celebrity post of the century just dropped

ryan-sometimes

A ship — a magnificent ship — full of gay men. And me.

I am furious, but I am sailing.

afurioushawk

foolishmortal

The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states have reached settlement agreements with three major egg producers over allegations of that the com

regularlywrong

Thank goodness that justice is being served, and the companies that stole from every American family to the tune of tens or hundreds of dollars are being forced to pay less than one cent per person they affected!

ykiitokuyoshi

maswartz

Now's the time to move

elkian

Okay so you need to:

go to discord support ( https://support.discord.com )

sign in or sign up (you do not, and imo should not, use the name and email you use for discord proper. this is a different account; if you've got Firefox, you can use an email relay mask very easily, and the email will end up in your inbox but the site won't know your email from it)

"Submit a request" (at the top)

fill all the dropdowns (I did "Help & Support" -> "Technical Support" -> "Account Settings" -> "[OS type"). it won't let you proceed until you do

Subject line: something about age verification

description box: keep it civil, but be clear. you don't like this, you're not participating, and you're not giving them your money anymore (whether you had nitro or not is irrelevant, remember that you didn't use your actual discord login to get here and they have no way to verify).

some reasons possibly worth mentioning: the insecurity of databases (Discord's had multiple leaks; databases being hacked isn't possible to prevent afaik, it's a matter of mitigation), the dangers of putting one's govt id on such a database, the technical problems people are already experiencing where it's already been established, how it will disrupt communities

be very clear that this is going to cost them money. "I won't use your service anymore" is a common threat ("I'm never shopping here again!") - you need to make them feel that they are losing money just by considering it, and it will get much worse if it's implemented.

If someone has a better method, please lmk.

mikkeneko

I want to combine this thread with feedback instructions with this other reply by @krsonmar:

Now is not the time to move. Now is the time to confront this technology and make it unpalatable for any platform to roll out. If we just hop from platform to platform, it doesn't solve the issue, just kicks the can down the road. Eventually, some law or something will make that irrelevant and then we'll all have fragmented across a bajillion platforms, diluting the power of each userbase. The problem is not the platform. The problem is the desire and ability of tech companies to implement invasive and faulty technology to comply with laws that are both actually illegal themselves in a lot of cases (if a higher law conflicts with it, it's a bad law) and also fundamentally undemocratic in disrupting our ability to socialize and, yes, organize if we want to (which is a right that is protected by democratic legal systems). The original author of the Substack is doing an important thing by reminding others that the threat is not gone, I just respectfully disagree with their proposed answer to the problem. Non-solutions based around individual consumer choices are how we've gotten where we are now. We need legislation and, in the meantime (because both together are required), a staunch and steadfast refusal to comply. That means we don't go through the process because "it was quick and easy" and "doesn't really apply to me personally anyway". It means we stick to our guns even when it's been going on for a while and EVEN WHEN IT GETS INCONVENIENT.

lesbianshepard

One of the guys I worked with told us a story about how, when they were doing archaeology surveys in the woods they ran into a bigfoot hunter. Bigfoot guy asked if they had seen signs of bigfoot, and he was like "Sorry, nothing like that. We're archaeologists, so we're looking for human stuff." and the bigfoot guy was like "Oh! I saw some Native American cairns on my way out here. I can give you a general location." and when he was like "Yeah dude, that'd be sick. We're actually looking to document those." the bigfoot guy was like "Yeah, they looked pretty cool. I didn't touch them though, because Native Americans built them, not bigfoot."

mikkeneko

I apologize in advance for the "haha I misread this and thought..." but in all seriousness for two readthroughs I legit thought this was a story about an archeology survey team in the woods who ran into bigfoot and had a nice chat with him about his day and didn't bother to take pictures or document anything because they're only interested in human stuff, not in cryptids, but bigfoot was also nice enough to direct them to some native american cairns, which he did not build.

cowboyhatesithere

250 years and most native tribal groups continue to not be federally recognized. Embarrassing!

cowboyhatesithere

Hey so a small thing that literally everyone who sees this is capable of is correcting any “used to” statements about native people in this country.

“Native people used to live in this National Park” No. They still do.

“Native people used to tell these stories-” No. They still do.

“Native people used to use this plant as a natural remedy-” No. They still do.

Better yet, familiarize yourself with the tribes local to you. Odds are, they do not yet have federal recognition. You can still read the stories they have to share, you can share their ongoing battle for recognition with others, you can sign petitions and spread the word to others to do so as well. But do something.

bareniabirkin

😟😳😳😳

squadron-of-damned

#idk what this means or if i do this but ig i'll just hold my phone with my pinky stuck out from now on??

Good question, also no that won’t help.

shitty MS Paint 3 minutes doodle, nto entirely accurate: When you have your pinky hooked on the “bottom” edge of the phone for the extra security so it doesn’t slide out of your hand that easily, you’re wreaking damage on your hand, since the pinky is extremely askew from it’s resting position. You might have noticed that when you hold your phone like that for long time it begins to hurt, like when you are gripping a pen too tightly for example.

Green lines - the fingers are going their natural way. Red line - the pinky is way off, that’s bad.

theclockworkjudas

Me: Oh, good thing I never-

Me, looking down at hand: By talos this can't be happening

h4nds4ndwich

oh thats why my hadns have started to always be in pain ok

pocketss

blockhead gets mogged

derinthescarletpescatarian

hikikomoricomplex

I see we’ve reached the “blame your failures on communist subterfuge” phase of the AI business plan

hikikomoricomplex

The AI business plan, for reference:

1. Promise everything.

2. Piss off everyone.

3. Deliver nothing.

4. Blame asians?

themysteriousmurasamecastle

metaverse being an 80 billion dollar turbo flop that immediately shut down after one of the worst performances and subsequent total company rebranding in recent history SHOULD, in a kind and just world, have spelled the end for the entire company. but unfortunately we live in hell and "Meta" is still alive

themysteriousmurasamecastle

same goes for twitter too like that shit should have shut down a month after it became X, The Everything App but these guys just have so much money that 80 billion dollars can be burned with reckless abandon and their companies will survive

thestuffedalligator

I’m going to level with you. I have listened to The Devil Went Down to Georgia for most of my life. We were a country music household, this was a staple of my childhood along with Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, and that one Chipmunks country album.

I have no idea what “Fire on the mountain run boys run/The Devil's in the house of the rising sun/Chicken in the bread pan picking out dough/Granny does your dog bite no child no” means and at this point I’m too scared to ask.

dementian

For once I can be of assistance.

Each of the lyrics comes from an old-time hickory song for fiddles, and is a lyric from that corresponding song.

"Fire on the Mountain" --> "Fire on the Mountain, run boys run"

Fire On The Mountain - Fiddle Player POV

"The House of the Rising Sun" --> "The Devil's in the house of the rising sun"

House of the Rising Sun

"Ida Red" --> "Chicken in the bread pan peckin' out dough"

Ida Red - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

"Granny Will Your Dog Bite" --> "Granny does your dog bite? 'No child, no'."

FTC #149 Granny Will Your Dog Bite

And for your furthered education, The Mountain Whipporwill.

Mountain Whippoorwill (aka How Hillbilly Jim Won the Great Fiddler's Prize)

impossiblepackage

this is the key part of the song, that a lot of people miss. people have this misconception that the contest between Johnny and The Devil is about who is the better fiddle player. but it isn't. its about who is the better fiddler.

in a time before things like radios and record players, every time you heard music was because there was somebody in the room with you playing an instrument. and many, many, many social events involved dancing, which requires music. so, if you're planning any kind of gathering in the american south or appalachia, you need to find a fiddler. and the fiddler's job is to play music that everybody knows and likes and can dance to.

the mistake The Devil makes in his bet with Johnny is that he misinterprets the contest as being about technical ability, so he has this big flashy song. he plays fast and impressively with a band of demons playing unfamiliar instruments in unfamiliar rhythms. he's definitely more skilled at playing than Johnny, and thinks he has it in the bag.

but Johnny wins because the contest is about being the best fiddler. the song uses these lines mentioned above as a shorthand for saying that Johnny is playing these songs. Johnny launches into a set of the most popular songs, played well, and that's what gives him his big win. A good fiddler knows all the hits, and can read the room to know what to play next. The Devil loses because he completely fails to read the room, and doesn't know the right songs.